RETURN OF UNDOCUMENTED AFGHANS

WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT 07—13 JANUARY 2018

Situation Overview

IOM is responding to a substantial increase in the return of undocumented Afghans from Pakistan and Iran. Since 01 January 2018, over 21,477 undocumented Afghans have returned due to diverse push factors, including deteriorating protection space in Pakistan and Iran. This figure represents a 25% decrease in the flow of return than the same period in previous year. Most of those returning have lived outside of Afghanistan for decades, and will need support from the government and humanitarian actors both on arrival and as they seek to reintegrate. As the rate of return is influenced by a number of political, security and other related factors both in Afghanistan and neighboring countries, another surge in returns could occur at any time. The governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan together with UN counterparts are presently discussing options to extend Proof of Registration card validity for 1.4m Afghan refugees in Pakistan and to begin the issuance of Afghan Citizenship Cards for more than 700,000 undocumented Afghans. IOM is working to scale up its support to returnees in coordination with the Government of Afghanistan and other humanitarian partners in line with the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP).

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315 undocumented Afghans returned from Pakistan

11,678 undocumented Afghans returned from Iran

718 total returns from Pakistan since 01 Jan 2018

20,759 total returns from Iran since 01 Jan 2018

92% of returnees from Pakistan (290 individuals)

assisted

4% of returnees from Iran (427 individuals) assisted

60 Unaccompanied Migrant Children (UMC) from

Iran among those assisted, 0 from Pakistan

88 Medical Cases (MC) from Iran among those

assisted, 0 from Pakistan

Highlights

Return from Pakistan

A total of 315 undocumented Afghans spontaneously returned or were de-ported from Pakistan through the Turkham (Nangarhar) and Spin Boldak (Kandahar) border crossings from 07—13 Jan 2018, according to the Border Monitoring Team of the Directorate of Refugees and Repatriation (DoRR). Of the total returnees, 288 were spontaneous returnees and 27 were de-ported. This number marks a 30 % decrease compared to the previous week (451). The total number of undocumented Afghan returnees from Pakistan since 01 January 2017 is now 718. IOM provided post-arrival assistance to 92% of undocumented Afghan returnees from Pakistan (290 individuals), including 233 individuals in poor families, 55 individuals in single parent families and 2 special cases . The assistance provided includes meals, ac-commodation, basic medical screening, Non-Food Items (NFIs), onward transportation cash grants and referral services, as well as support from partners.

Launch of HRP

On 15 January, the 4 year Afghanistan Hu-manitarian Response Plan 2018-2021 was launched in the presence of H.E. CEO Dr Ab-dullah, Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lan-zer, ambassadors, donor organizations, members of the national government, UN representatives and the media. The 2018 HRP requests USD 433m to address the ur-gent and life threatening needs of 3.3 mil-lion Afghans over the next 12 months. IOM is seeking 40.9m USD to respond to the needs of 180,000 undocumented Afghan returnees from Pakistan and Iran in 2018.

Provision of Non-Food Items to Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Herat Province @ Ahmad Shah, IOM 2018

RETURN OF UNDOCUMENTED AFGHANS Situation Report | 07—13 Jan 2018

Return from Iran

A total of 11,678 undocumented Afghans spontaneously returned or were deported from Iran through the Milak (Nimroz) and Herat (Islam Qala) border crossings between 07—13 Jan 2018, 5 % More than in the previous week. Of the total de-ported undocumented Afghans, 2,322 individuals were deported through Islam Qala (Herat) and 2,940 were deported through Milak (Nimroz). Of those who spontaneously returned, 4,568 returned through Islam Qala (Herat) and 1,848 through Milak (Nimroz). Out of the total deportees, 258 individuals (5%) were deported with family members whereas 4,004 (95%) were deported as individuals. This brings the total number of undocumented returnees from Iran since 01 January 2018 to 20,759. IOM provided post-arrival humanitarian assistance to 427 (4%) undocumented Afghans deported from Iran at its Transit Centers in Nimroz and Herat, including 163 individuals in Deported Families (DF), 88 Medical Cases (MC), 68 Special Cases (SC), 60 Unaccompanied Migrant Children (UMC), 12 members of Single Parent Families (SP), 10

IOM Assisted Undocumented Afghans 01 Jan 2017— 13 Jan 2018 (Turkham, Spin Boldak, Islam Qala and Milak)

Number of Undocumented Returnees 01 Jan 2017— 13 Jan 2018 (Turkham, Spin Boldak, Islam Qala and Milak)

Date Spontaneous Returnees Deportees Total

Pakistan

Total

Iran

Grand

Total Turkham Spin Bold Herat Nimroz Turkham Spin Bold Herat Nimroz

January - November 57,176 24,206 307 700 551 627 2,934 16,969 82,560 20,910 103,470

01 - 30 Dec 867 808 77 31 36 0 852 1,979 1,711 2,939 4,650

31 Dec - 06 Jan 166 231 25 7 0 0 137 498 397 667 1,064

07 - 13 Jan 2018 176 112 16 4 2 0 76 331 290 427 717

Total 58,385 25,357 425 742 589 627 3,999 19,777 84,958 24,943 109,901

Date Spontaneous Returnees Deportees Total

Pakistan

Total

Iran

Grand

Total Turkham Spin Bold Herat Nimroz Turkham Spin Bold Herat Nimroz

January - November 59,830 32,422 60,709 101,888 2,496 1,456 27,710 220,483 96,204 410,790 506,994

01 - 30 Dec 871 911 18,440 6,755 138 16 11,534 12,255 1,936 48,984 50,920

31 Dec - 06 Jan 166 242 4,531 1,718 21 22 1,976 2,903 451 11,128 11,579

07 - 13 Jan 2018 176 112 4,568 1,848 27 0 2,322 2,940 315 11,678 11,993

Total 61,043 33,687 88,248 112,209 2,682 1,494 43,542 238,581 98,906 482,580 581,486

Bulgaria

Korea

IOM Afghanistan has assisted 109,184 undocumented Afghans returning from Iran and Pakistan between 01 Jan 17 and 06 Jan

2018, thanks to the dedication of our staff and the generosity of our donors.

Migration for the benefit of all.

12,134

12,703

11,128 11,678

354 498 451 3150

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4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

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Arrival of Undocumented Afghans by Week

Iran Pakistan